It is safe to say Fortinet FortiGate firewalls offer top security at reasonable prices.įortiGate NGFWs offer multi-layered security, high performance (we will address this in the next section), deep visibility for end-to-end enterprise protection, threat intelligence updates and automatic alleviation. The vendor’s clients include Siemens, the University of Birmingham, Origo, S2 Global, among others.

The security vendor has been recommended in all 9 NSS Labs tests of performance evaluation and is the only vendor recommended for SD-WAN to have a security rating. FortiGate NGIPS achieved a sensational collective blocking rate of 99.18% for FortiGate 100F and an industry-low total cost of ownership (TCO) at $2 per protected Mbps.įortiGate (an integration of FortiSandbox, FortiGate and FortiClient) passed NSS Labs’ Breach Prevention Systems (BPS) 2019 test with overall security effectiveness of 97.8%. Fortinet FortiGate overviewįortinet FortiGate fared well in NSS Labs’ Next Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS) 2019 test.

In this guide, we will compare both security vendors in terms of effectiveness, product features, technical support, ease of use, value and other quality metrics. An NGFW (next-generation firewall) is an advanced threat protection tool that offers all the features of a stateful network firewall along with integrated intrusion prevention, application and user control, advanced malware detection and threat intelligence feed leveraging.įortinet FortiGate and Forcepoint NGFW made our list of the best NGFW vendors on the market.

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